Update 10/4/08

This weeks highs and lows:

Low - Beck started off this week (last Sunday) with vomiting twice. I thought that it was because of his "loose" cough that he was making himself throw-up (silly me). We watched him closely for the next couple of days and brushed it off.

High - I had my good friend Erica (amazing photographer) take Gwen's 2 year old and Beckham's 1 year old pictures. They turned out so great even though the kids were semi cooperative. Poor little Beck had labs a 1/2 hour before his pics and they had to draw lots of blood from his head. Luckily Erica was able to photoshop out the bruise from his head. Here are a few of my favorite pictures. Gee, my kids are so stinking cute! Click here & here for more info on Erica's photography business.

Low - By Tuesday night Beckham was super fussy and grabbing his ears (here we go again) and so Wednesday morning I took him to the doctor and he was diagnosed with a double ear infection. Too bad he could not get a Rocephin shot for the infection. Last time he was given one he had an allergic reaction and broke out in hives. Now we have to deal with giving him oral antibiotics by mouth. I hate giving oral antibiotics to a baby...specifically Beckham.

High - I finally mailed off the "thank you" letter to the donor family of Beckham's heart. This has been a very hard thing for Nate and I to put into words our gratitude for the gift of life that was given to us and when it was finally finished (only a year late) it brought us tremendous peace. We would love to get a response from the donor but we would absolutely understand if we do not. I just hope that the letter brings them some peace also.

Low - The day after Beck's ear infection diagnosis he started throwing up again. He was throwing up so much that we had to take him to the ER (our home away from home) for fluids. It took 4 pokes to finally get a vein for an IV, but once the fluids and Zofran was in his system he stated to look a lot better. The ER doc was great and promised to try and treat us as "out patients" so that we would not have to stay over night. I think that she could tell that we were a little sick of the hospital. Too bad that Beck did not stay happy very long. It has been three days since the ER visit and he is still vomiting. Luckily we have extra Zofran, but if he does not knock it off soon then we will have to be in the hospital over night. Poor little guy! He looks terrible. He is super cute and cuddly right now but that is because he feels like crap!

High - Beck's blood pressure has decided to stabilize and he was taken off of Enalipril. He is now only on one medication (except for the antibiotic for his ear infection). We have never had so little medication to worry about (knock-on-wood). What an amazing little guy.

Low - Beckham has decided not to walk again since the video we posted last week. Oh well. I guess that I will have to keep carrying him around.

High - I finally started to teach aerobics again! I am only teaching to a bunch of friends from church and the neighborhood, but it sure feels great to get out and be doing something that I love.

I don't think that our lives would be complete without the low's & high's that we experience every week. Even though they are sometimes frustrating and trying, they are part of who we are and we would not be the same without them.

Hope your week has much more high's and a lot less low's!